In Croatia, Palešić families are Croats (from Dugo Selo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Dugo Selo area. In Okunšćak in Dugo Selo area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Palešić.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Palešić live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only five naselja i to in Sesvete (<10), Dugo Selo (<5), Rugvica in Dugo Selo area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Sop in Dugo Selo area (<5).